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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Albania	Mexico	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	97,242	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	98,403	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	99,599	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	100,863	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	102,132	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	103,334	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	104,508	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	105,738	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	107,083	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	108,554	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	110,061	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	111,468	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	112,826	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	114,163	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	115,471	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	116,757	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	118,017	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	117,444	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	118,799	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	120,289	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	121,872	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	123,260	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	124,462	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	125,247	11,695

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.